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Philosophy of (creative) writing - by Andrew Wu

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Close reading, choices. For those who seek to do more with their writing than communicate.

Philosophy of (creative) writing Close reading, choices. For those who seek to do more with their writing than communicate. Andrew Wu Jun 02, 2026 17 5 Share The map-and-territory stance on writing is that writing is a form of dimensionality reduction. 1 The territory is the world, or an idea, or reality; a map is a representation of such, a necessarily lower-dimensional representation, which cannot capture all its kinks and foibles and jagged edges. To write is to create a model. Such a task is academic, and the advice one receives is also academic. Write the way you speak . Be clear, concise

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